He flipped off Butler following his ejection in that game, and Butler blew him kisses.
Butler is a five-time All-Star; Warren might never be voted into an All-Star Game.
“He’s soft,” Butler said afterward. “He’s not even in my … league, nowhere near me. If I was their coach, I would never put him on me ever again.”
Now, though, Warren looks like a monster on a mission to put up big numbers, potentially against the Heat in a prospective first-round postseason matchup.
He’s scored 119 points in three games in the Orlando bubble on 65.3 percent shooting. On Tuesday, he scored 32 points in a 120-109 win over the Magic.
Warren averaged 18.7 points per game before the NBA restart. He will face the Suns, who dealt him to the Pacers, next.
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Warren’s three-game stretch has certainly caught many NBA fans by surprise:
